October revolution: Richard Meyer on Art Since 1900.(BOOKS)(Art Since 1900: Modernism, Antimodernism, Postmodemism)(Book Review)

Art Since 1900: Modernism, Antimodernism, Postmodemism, by Hal Foster, Rosalind Krauss, Yve-Alain Bois, and Benjamin H. D. Buchloh. New York and London: Thames & Hudson, 2004. 704 pages. $85.

"The first obligation of an art critic is to deliver value judgments."

--Clement Greenberg (1)

FORGET EVERYTHING you know about the modern art survey--the capsule summaries of avant-garde movements, the potted versions of social-historical context, the glancing, "drive-by" descriptions of artists and works. Art Since 1900: Modernism, Antimodernism, Postmodernism ...

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